What features/design elements/additions would you like to see appear on Aliexpress watches?

There are so many good watches on Aliexpress and the business there seem willing to listen to customers (sometimes).
So with that in mind what would you like to see in upcoming releases?

I’m really attracted to retro designs from the 60s/70s, so firstly I’d like to see some of my favourite retro elements seeing a revival.

1. Radiate/sunburst brushing on cases.
Not circular, but radiating outward.

2. separate battery covers for digital/quartz watches.
Remember when some watches had a…

What features/design elements/additions would you like to see appear on Aliexpress watches?

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A new watch has arrived.

Hi guys.
Today I’m showing you this watch that I’ve never seen before.

It’s a 英雄 (Yingxiong) from Hangzhou Watch Factory. My colleague Zhang showed it to me and I couldn’t resist buying it. I was looking forward to a watch from this brand, I’d seen them with both ST5 from Tianjin and SB5 from Beijing. The surprise was when I saw that it has a signed BS-2, but I don’t know what the signature says. The polishing of the movement is like the Beijing one.
If…

A new watch has arrived.

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Sugess Quality?

Does anyone have any experience with the quality of the Sugess brand? My only personal experience with Chinese mechanical watches has been with several Seagull watches, which have very favorably impressed me. I’m intrigued by the idea of buying a Chinese tourbillon, and Sugess has a wider variety of more interesting (to me, at least) designs than Seagull. The Sugess products run about $600-700, which is awfully cheap for a tourbillon, but pretty expensive for a Chinese watch, so I’m…

Sugess Quality?

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